Fancy Pants (1950).eng Movie Subtitles

1 00:00:11,211 --> 00:00:13,679 Hey, fancy pants! 2 00:00:29,062 --> 00:00:32,088 No popcorn during my performance, 3 00:00:32,265 --> 00:00:34,062 peasants. 4 00:01:27,654 --> 00:01:30,987 January 6th, 1912. 5 00:01:31,157 --> 00:01:34,251 William Howard Taft, president of these United States, 6 00:01:34,427 --> 00:01:37,453 signs an Enabling Act admitting the territory of New Mexico 7 00:01:37,630 --> 00:01:40,360 into the Union as the 47th state. 8 00:01:40,533 --> 00:01:42,694 From a far day in 1850, 9 00:01:42,869 --> 00:01:45,360 the stubborn frontiersmen of this great territory 10 00:01:45,538 --> 00:01:47,369 asserted their rights to statehood. 11 00:01:47,540 --> 00:01:50,168 This, then, is not the story of how New Mexico won 12 00:01:50,343 --> 00:01:52,573 its heartbreaking struggle for admission. 13 00:01:52,745 --> 00:01:57,375 Rather, it is an account of one of the reasons the struggle took 62 years. 14 00:01:57,550 --> 00:01:59,984 This, then, is the saga of a lost cause 15 00:02:00,153 --> 00:02:02,849 and one man who helped to lose it. 16 00:02:03,022 --> 00:02:06,321 His story begins one summer's day in 1905 17 00:02:06,493 --> 00:02:09,860 on a cricket field just outside London. 18 00:02:10,330 --> 00:02:16,360 The score is 76 for the gentlemen, 105 for the players. 19 00:02:17,237 --> 00:02:20,866 Lynhaven makes ready to deliver again to Mr. Fairwick. 20 00:02:21,574 --> 00:02:23,201 A splendid blow. 21 00:02:24,878 --> 00:02:26,345 Oh, I say, there. 22 00:02:27,080 --> 00:02:30,277 - Aggie! Cut out that whistling. - But Ma, he hit a homer. 23 00:02:30,450 --> 00:02:32,475 Whistling ain't refined. Now, you quit it 24 00:02:32,652 --> 00:02:35,018 or I'll bang you over the head with these. 25 00:02:35,288 --> 00:02:38,746 Oh, I say, this is a bit thick, what? 26 00:02:38,925 --> 00:02:41,951 Well, for my part, I find the young lady rather intriguing. 27 00:02:42,128 --> 00:02:44,426 Oh, you can't be serious, Van-Basingwell. 28 00:02:44,597 --> 00:02:46,497 Never seen anything quite so crude. 29 00:02:46,666 --> 00:02:50,261 Dress, gaudy jewelry, disgusting display of wealth. 30 00:02:50,436 --> 00:02:51,698 Oh, indeed, yes. 31 00:02:51,871 --> 00:02:54,533 And I made a point of introducing myself. 32 00:02:54,707 --> 00:02:56,607 - You don't say. - Yes. 33 00:02:56,776 --> 00:02:58,243 Name is Floud. 34 00:02:58,411 --> 00:03:00,379 Mother is an American nouveau riche, 35 00:03:00,547 --> 00:03:04,381 determined to inflict culture upon her daughter Agatha. 36 00:03:04,651 --> 00:03:08,348 - Quite a pippin, huh, Twombley? - Scarcely your cup of tea, George. 37 00:03:08,521 --> 00:03:10,455 Oh, beyond a cup of tea, Twombley. 38 00:03:10,623 --> 00:03:14,150 More substantial thinking needed these impoverished days. 39 00:03:14,327 --> 00:03:16,795 Beef and potatoes. 40 00:03:21,501 --> 00:03:22,968 Oh, I say. 41 00:03:23,136 --> 00:03:24,728 My word. 42 00:03:25,104 --> 00:03:26,366 Indeed. 43 00:03:26,839 --> 00:03:28,704 Look, Ma, we g***t ourselves a souvenir. 44 00:03:28,875 --> 00:03:31,673 You give them back their ball this minute. 45 00:03:32,245 --> 00:03:34,304 Hand it over. 46 00:03:44,824 --> 00:03:46,086 I say! 47 00:03:46,259 --> 00:03:48,056 - Is it broken? - I don't think so. 48 00:03:48,228 --> 00:03:50,025 - Can you continue? - Of course. 49 00:03:50,196 --> 00:03:51,823 - Stout fellow. - Let's play. 50 00:03:53,266 --> 00:03:56,292 - Now, keep out of the game, will you? - The Flouds. 51 00:03:56,469 --> 00:03:59,233 Oh, your lordship. I'm glad to see you. 52 00:03:59,405 --> 00:04:02,397 - Hi, earl. - Hello. Mrs. Floud, Miss Floud, 53 00:04:02,575 --> 00:04:05,567 allow me to introduce my friend Lord Twombley. 54 00:04:05,745 --> 00:04:07,178 - How's that? - Twombley. 55 00:04:07,347 --> 00:04:09,315 - Howdy, lordship. - Charmed. 56 00:04:09,482 --> 00:04:11,507 - Aggie. - Glad to meet you. 57 00:04:11,684 --> 00:04:14,619 - Charmed again. - Well, earl, what do you know? 58 00:04:14,787 --> 00:04:16,721 What do I know? 59 00:04:16,889 --> 00:04:18,288 Well, not very much. 60 00:04:18,458 --> 00:04:22,622 I stopped to ask if you couldn't drop in at my country place for the weekend. 61 00:04:22,795 --> 00:04:24,956 - Be glad to. - Good, good. 62 00:04:25,131 --> 00:04:26,996 I'd like you to meet my family. 63 00:04:27,166 --> 00:04:30,658 - Delighted. Wouldn't we, Aggie? - Oh, yeah, we're charmed. 64 00:04:30,837 --> 00:04:33,533 Yes. Well, then I'll send my carriage for you. 65 00:04:33,706 --> 00:04:36,971 Be ready and waiting, your lordship. 66 00:04:39,145 --> 00:04:40,840 - Good afternoon. - So long. 67 00:04:41,014 --> 00:04:43,039 Toodle-loo. 68 00:04:44,384 --> 00:04:47,820 - Now we're getting somewhere. - Yeah. 69 00:04:48,021 --> 00:04:50,990 I wanna get somewhere and loosen these corsets. 70 00:04:51,591 --> 00:04:54,822 But George, you haven't g***t a country place, nor a family. 71 00:04:54,994 --> 00:04:56,393 - But Reggie has. - Reggie? 72 00:04:56,562 --> 00:04:59,122 Yes, Reggie, and he's in Africa. 73 00:04:59,299 --> 00:05:02,097 And I know just where to dig up a suitable family. 74 00:05:10,310 --> 00:05:11,572 Tennis, anyone? 75 00:05:11,744 --> 00:05:14,975 How can you think of tennis at a time like this? 76 00:05:15,415 --> 00:05:17,849 I say, what are we doing at this beastly play? 77 00:05:18,017 --> 00:05:21,384 I told you we needed suitable family to impress the Americans. 78 00:05:21,554 --> 00:05:23,920 Behold the mater. 79 00:05:24,691 --> 00:05:28,889 Ring for Humphrey, Cyril. My nerves scream for tea. 80 00:05:29,162 --> 00:05:31,187 Of course. 81 00:05:34,200 --> 00:05:36,464 Did you ring, mum? 82 00:05:36,936 --> 00:05:39,962 Why didn't you wait till I rang, you idiot? 83 00:05:54,053 --> 00:05:55,918 Tea, mum? 84 00:06:09,268 --> 00:06:10,758 I slitched. 85 00:06:10,937 --> 00:06:14,839 I ** soaked again, you monster! Stop! 86 00:06:15,375 --> 00:06:17,138 This piece will dry out like new. 87 00:06:17,310 --> 00:06:19,710 It's pumpernickel. Just needs pumping out. 88 00:06:20,246 --> 00:06:23,613 - Blundering American idiot. - Ought to go back to his native land. 89 00:06:23,783 --> 00:06:26,718 If we could solve the disappearance of Alicia's necklace. 90 00:06:26,886 --> 00:06:30,413 I'm still not satisfied with Humphrey's explanation of his whereabouts 91 00:06:30,590 --> 00:06:33,650 - during the time of the crime. - But I've already explained. 92 00:06:33,826 --> 00:06:35,316 I was in the village 93 00:06:35,495 --> 00:06:38,521 performing an errand for his lordship and... 94 00:06:40,166 --> 00:06:43,499 And if his lordship were here, instead of away on a hunting trip, 95 00:06:43,669 --> 00:06:47,696 - he would verify my statement. - Indeed. 96 00:06:55,481 --> 00:06:59,383 - Your lordship! - You heard his story. What about it? 97 00:06:59,552 --> 00:07:01,213 Amazing concoction of fabrication. 98 00:07:01,387 --> 00:07:04,823 I never realized a trusted retainer would turn out to be a scoundrel. 99 00:07:05,057 --> 00:07:08,891 - He's lying, I tell you. Lying. - It's no use, Humphrey. 100 00:07:09,061 --> 00:07:10,323 But I swear to you, 101 00:07:10,496 --> 00:07:14,432 I was in Barkley's Limited, buying his lordship a pair of suspenders. 102 00:07:14,600 --> 00:07:17,569 I can prove it by the man who took me up in the elevator. 103 00:07:17,737 --> 00:07:22,106 Humphrey, I accuse you of the theft of my lady's necklace. 104 00:07:22,275 --> 00:07:23,708 But there must be a mistake. 105 00:07:23,876 --> 00:07:26,538 Humphrey is an old and trusted family retainer, 106 00:07:26,712 --> 00:07:28,577 been in the family for generations. 107 00:07:28,748 --> 00:07:32,844 This man is not Humphrey, but an imposter. 108 00:07:33,019 --> 00:07:36,921 When he said "suspenders" for "braces" and "elevator" for "lift", 109 00:07:37,089 --> 00:07:39,751 I suspected he was an American. 110 00:07:39,926 --> 00:07:41,450 Bravo, Cyril! 111 00:07:41,627 --> 00:07:44,357 Accusations, just accusations. 112 00:07:44,530 --> 00:07:47,397 I defy you to produce one ounce of proof. 113 00:07:47,567 --> 00:07:49,432 He asks for proof, Sir Wimbley. 114 00:07:49,602 --> 00:07:53,538 I can prove beyond a shadow of a doubt that you are the culprit. 115 00:07:53,706 --> 00:07:56,140 And you expect a jury to believe that? 116 00:07:56,309 --> 00:07:58,834 Then perhaps they'll believe this. 117 00:07:59,011 --> 00:08:02,378 A check on your fingerprints has just come back. 118 00:08:02,548 --> 00:08:05,608 - From the laboratory? - Absolutely. 119 00:08:05,785 --> 00:08:09,744 And they match those of that well-known murderer, Oliver Grimes. 120 00:08:09,922 --> 00:08:13,756 All right. I ** Oliver Grimes, the well-known American murderer. 121 00:08:13,926 --> 00:08:17,020 But you'll never take me alive. 122 00:08:18,464 --> 00:08:24,334 Foiled, Mr. Grimes. For I ** Inspector Kirk, Scotland Yard. 123 00:08:24,504 --> 00:08:26,199 Curses. 124 00:08:33,980 --> 00:08:36,380 Unfortunately, I've been something of a recluse. 125 00:08:36,549 --> 00:08:40,383 And now I face the embarrassing problem of impressing the young lady. 126 00:08:40,553 --> 00:08:42,384 It's most difficult to explain. 127 00:08:42,555 --> 00:08:45,547 What his lordship means is, he's met an American girl...